Chapter 7: Target, Silver Hand
On the desolate road, the corpses of fallen refugees can be faintly seen, and several staggering figures are crouching on the corpses and stuffing rotten flesh into their mouths.
Da-da-da-da!
The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the ghoul looked up in confusion, and was greeted by a spear burning with golden flames.
Bang!
The horse collided with it, and the ghoul's skull was impaled before flying aside.
The warmth of a long time, so hot, this is the last feeling the ghoul felt before he plunged into darkness.
Claudia ignored the ghouls who were picked off, and the carousel pinned another rushing ghoul to the ground with a flame lance, which was then ignited by the lance and turned into a torch.
The flame spear gathered by positive energy can be called the nemesis of the undead, once it pierces the body of the undead, it is like fire meets dry wood, quickly destroying the internal structure of the opponent. The biggest advantage of this is that it is clean and will not be stuck to the body by messy flesh and blood organs.
Claudia turned her head to look at the middle-aged armored knight on the other side, Rhine had just finished dealing with the other ghouls, the two gestured to each other, and then rode back to the convoy not far away.
The families of the two are waiting for their return, Partris is actually capable of frontal combat, and when facing the undead, nothing is as good as the purest holy light, but Rhine's wife and children are ordinary people who need the protection of others, and Claudia does not want to dirty her sister's fingers.
The two families have been on their way for a week, and because they still have their families, they are not traveling fast. Along the way, this kind of scattered skirmishes broke out several times, and whenever Claudia sensed a large number of undead, she avoided them in advance, but it was always going well.
Returning to the carriage, Partris was visibly relieved, and although she didn't think that ordinary ghouls could do any harm to her sister, she was still a little worried.
Claudia jumped off Virgil, patted her horse on the back, and then sat down in the carriage and got into the carriage, with Partris beside her a little uneasy:
"Sister, you are doing the battle and driving, and you have to keep vigil at night, you are too tired, otherwise I will keep vigil tonight."
Claudia is indeed a little lacking in energy, but Partris has not experienced actual combat, she has always been a good baby in the convent, whether she lets her sister fight or keep vigil, she is not at ease, and in her previous life, girls of this age are still coquettish around their parents, and she is not unable to hold on, so she is tired. She smiled at her sister:
"It's okay, this is what my sister should do, don't you see Uncle Rhine over there doing the same job for the past two days? And he kept watch in the middle of the night more often than I did. Besides, the food cooked by Partris is delicious, and when we were with Sally before, we used to barbecue meat every day except for breadsticks. ”
"Hmm...... When I go back, I will definitely learn about life in the wilderness. My sister was still a little embarrassed.
Claudia kissed her sister's snow-white side cheek and comforted her: "It's okay for my sister to do these things, my father loved you the most when he was alive, how can I let you learn this kind of identity-losing skill." Don't worry, when you arrive in Stormwind City, just live like other noble girls, and your sister will help you prepare everything. ”
Partris was still a little worried: "But what about you, sister, you still have that ring, but Count Fenris is already ...... I'm gone. ”
Claudia patted her sister on the back: "Okay, okay, don't worry about me, don't worry, I'll take the ring off when the time comes." ”
"Hmm." The younger sister obediently leaned next to her sister, and after a while she changed the subject:
"Sister, how did you say Sister Selie is now?"
"She should be almost at the Windranger Tower, the stronghold of the Windranger Guard, she must have taken a shortcut and walked directly over the mountain." Claudia casually said that Segrina and they set off on the same day, she did not take the traditional trade route, but still chose a small road to go directly north, and before leaving, Acturius still looked reluctant to fall in love with the sisters.
"Hopefully, the Light will make everything go well for Sister Cyree so that it won't be long before we can meet again in Stormwind." Partris folded her hands in prayer.
"We have to trust Cylie, she's going to be fine." Claudia is not worried about the safety of the elf girl at all, a ranger of her level, even if she can't beat it, there should be no pressure to run away.
"Hmm!"
Silent night, the moon walks behind a gauzy cloud.
Claudia, Rhine and her sister were discussing the next trip in front of the fire, and Rhine's wife and children had already gotten into the car to rest.
Rhine pulled out a military map that was clearly of some age, and he pointed to one of the locations.
"We've reached the west side of the royal city, and another day's walk south will bring us to the Silver Pine Forest."
"Hmm." The two nodded in understanding.
"During the day, I have seen the royal city from afar, and I can no longer see a living person at all." Rhine's face was stunned.
"It's really ironic, more than 100,000 orcs, trolls, and two-headed ogres besieged the first male city on the mainland for three or four months more than ten years ago, and it was not destroyed in the hands of the enemy, but it was destroyed by its own people."
The blonde sisters didn't think as much as he did, Claudia had been to the royal city once in total, and she was recruited by the Prince of Arthas, and the military order was urgent, and she hadn't visited it at all. Her younger sister, Partris, grew up at Seberchel Castle and never came to the royal city.
After a short while, Claudia interrupted Rhine's nostalgia: "Uncle Rhine, I'll keep watch tonight for half the night, and then I'll go to the nearby lake to find something in the second half of the night and tomorrow." ”
Rhine hesitated: "What is so important?" It's not safe right now. ”
Claudia explained: "A weapon, most likely an artifact level, is the most suitable weapon for me at this stage, don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow night at the latest, if you can't find it, it's a big deal to come back later." ”
Partris also asked, "Sister, can't you go again tomorrow?" Rest well tonight, take me with you tomorrow, I can help. ”
The knight girl refused her sister's request: "No, there are ancient ruins, and I'm not sure what the situation is inside, so I have to be careful." How about next time? Speaking of which, she already had a somewhat begging tone.
Partris let out a reluctant "hmm".
Rhine was a little worried when she heard the girl's words: "Do you need me to help you, you can let Partris take care of the others." ”
Claudia waved her hand: "No need, don't worry, I will take care of myself, if the situation is not for me, I will not force it, I will rush back as soon as possible." ”
Seeing that Claudia had made up her mind, and it was inconvenient for the two of them to say anything, Rhine hurried to catch up on sleep, and Partris accompanied her sister for a while, and was also urged by her sister to go to the car to rest.
The knight girl leaned on the carriage, playing with the ring on the ring finger of her left hand with her right hand, and her face was a little gloomy.
She also has times when she is in a low mood, and she is also at a loss about what the future will be, but she can only be strong in front of her sister.
Claudia remembers that she had never been treated as a girl by her father since she was a child, as if her father's love for her had been transferred to Partris. She was often served with a stick by her father, but Paltris was often held in his arms. The father bought the best dresses and jewelry for Partris, but forbade his eldest daughter to wear women's clothes with long hair. Even so, Claudia was not jealous of her sister's favor, she knew that her father wanted her to be independent and strong, and she just looked forward to the day when her father would be able to share a little of her sister's love in herself.
Although James Sheean's purpose for her was not simple at first, but later she was really good to her, making her feel the care and love of a man for the first time, so that she had neither fatherly love nor mother's love, she was very moved, she didn't know whether her feelings for James Sheen were love, but she was very relieved when she was by Jaime's side in the past, and it was good to be able to rely on it and not be so tired.
But Jaime was gone, and the man who had truly loved her would never come back. When she went to Stormwind City, she didn't know how far she could go when she had lost her fiefdom.
Thinking wildly, midnight came, Claudia adjusted her mentality, woke up Uncle Rhine, and then walked to her carriage, looked at the sleeping beautiful Partris, she covered her sister with a blanket and pulled it up slightly, and then lowered her head and kissed her sister gently on the cheek, the confusion in her heart gradually dissipated, and her eyes became firm again: no matter what, you must take care of your sister and let her live a happy life.
The blonde girl stepped out of the carriage and walked resolutely deeper into the woods.
In the carriage, Paltris's eyelids twitched slightly, then she opened her eyes, she got up and looked at her sister's distant figure, carefully got out of the car, and after noticing that Rhine, who was still dozing off, she tiptoed far behind her sister.